The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-23
SHOPLIFTING IN PARIS.
Two Beautiful Young Women Arrested
for Pilfering.
From the London telegraph

From, the London telegraph.
PARIS, Aug. 12,-This has been regular
field day at the police courts. On the bench
allotted to the prisoners were seated two
ladies. The one, handsome blonde of 30,
with features of remarkable delicacy, spoke
French with an excellent accent, and com
ported herself with the utmost dignity.
She was no less a parsonage than Nine.
Marie NaSimof, daughter of Prince Via
zimsk and Countess Tolstoi. The lady is
therefore bona fide Russian Princess She
was divorced from her husband seven years
ago by a special ukase of the Car. The
gentleman had been in the habit of knock
ing her about, and had actually been con-
denied at Nice for his shortcomings
toward his spouse to three months
imprisonment. The Cars ukase settled
the matter in a way satisfactory to all
parties, and thenceforth Nine. de Nasimoff,
free as air, was able to enjoy life without
any apprehension of blows and bruises. She
shone like star at Nice, delighting her
numerous friends and acquaintance with
her concerts and receptions. Her voice was
much admired, and in her intervals of re-
pose from social engagements she climbed
tho Mount of Parnassus, and contributed the
results of her draughts from the Pieriah
spring to the local newspapers. One of her
poems was entitled lie Regard, and treated
of the 'Tinid Virgin" and of ''Chaste Pleas
ure." Another was headed Confidence a
Demain," while Deception" was the title
of third. Melancholy seems TO have tuned
Mime. de Nasimoff's Tyre. Besides these in
spired works, the minions Of thel law had I'M
earthed whole budget of correspondence
with crowned heads" which, it is to be
felred have since been shaking rather ON
inously.
The other tenant of the prisoners bench
was Mile. Nadedja de Fomine. She is 30
years old, the daughter of the late Gen.
Demetri. of the Cars Guards, and to this
day she receives from his imperial majesty
yearly allowance of e120. Moreover, she
writes for some of the Muscovite papers,
acts as interpreter occasionally, and when
she got into the scrape which launched her
i'll the Police Court was playing the further
role of dame de cOmpognie to Mime. Marie
de NaSimoff. What had brought these Rus
sian ladies of high degree to this unpleasant
predicament? A visit TO the big Louvre
shops on July 10, the day after the national
fete and the grand review at Longchamps.
They had been watched closely by two in
spectors. Ore of them stated that the ladies
had bought few things, but had helped
themselves to many others. He warned his
comrade VINO arrested the Princess in the
Rue de Rivoli, while he took her companion
into custody. When theyswere searched a
quantity of articles for which they had not
paid were found on their persons. They
formed a miscellaneous collection, including
SCISSORS, cigarette holders, pencils, cigarette
papers, cheap watches and chains, soap, card
cases apd toilet powder The ladies we're at
once imprisoned pending their trial. In
court to-day Nine. de Naslmoff declared
that she had had nothing to do with the
thefts, and that she thought that all the
articles taken had been paid for. Her com
pnniOn nrofnndaI that chn had TOOccaSCp1
herself of the things in a fit of absent
mindedness. Finally the Princess was ac-
quilted, while Mile de Fomine was sentenced
TO a months imprisonment